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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 38

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (H. A. Drought. Commander. "Sesotris"), very fine

178 Medals to Sesostris, one of seven Indian Marine ships present for the operations.

Henry Albert Mathew Drought, as a Commander in the Royal Indian Navy, assumed command of the 4-gun steam frigate I.N.S. Sesostris from Commander Campbell in 1852: Drought later retired to Ireland, where he died on 4 March 1893 at the age of 79. A notification of his death gave his profession as: 'captain late Indian Navy'.

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Estimate
£300 to £500

Starting price
£240